New Delhi: Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, put faith in a prediction made by the famous French seer Nostradamus in 1555. Rijiju claimed that it was none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi whom Nostradamus had predicted as the man who would continue to rule the country till 2026 and will be loved by his people to the point that he will change the country’s plight and direction.

In a Facebook post, which went viral and was subsequently deleted, Rijiju cited the seer as having predicted that Modi would bring about a ‘golden age’ for India, which would become a power to reckon with, providing shelter to many a country.

“French prophet Nostradamus wrote that from 2014 to 2026, a man will lead India, whom initially, people will hate but after that people will love him so much that he will be engaged in changing the country’s plight and direction. This was predicted in the year 1555. A middle aged superpower administrator will bring golden age not only in India but on the entire world. Under his leadership India will not only just become the Global Master, but many countries will also come into the shelter of India,” the Facebook post read.

Kiren Rijiju claims that he had read about the predictions in a translated version of Nostradamus’s works.

Nostradamus is credited of having correctly predicting the two world wars, the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasakhi and 9/11 terror attacks in the United States of America (USA).